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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Stove Tile

early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware tile with relief decoration of supporters and shield, decorated with coloured glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with relief decoration and coloured glazes
Brief description
Earthenware tile with relief decoration of supporters and shield, decorated with coloured glazes. German, Nuremberg, early 16th century.
Physical description
Earthenware tile with relief decoration of supporters and shield, decorated with coloured glazes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7in
  • Width: 7in
taken from Register
Object history
From the Chaffers Collection.
Historical context
Note in Register: Similar tiles are around the base of a polychrome stove in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum at Nuremberg.
Note in Register: Letter from Dr. Konrad Strauss in 1966 stated that this tile certainly belongs to the Ochsenfort Stove in the Nuremberg museum.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Lane, Arthur, A Guide to the Collection of Tiles, London, 1960
  • Roeper, A. & H. Bosch, Sammlung von Gfen in allen Stilarten, Munich, 1895
Collection
Accession number
1023-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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